wicd Announcementstag:launchpad.net,2007-07-07:/wicd/+announcementshttps://launchpadlibrarian.net/16133293/wicd_medium.pnghttps://launchpadlibrarian.net/16133292/wicd_small.png2014-12-21T20:39:48.912315+00:001.7.3 released2014-12-21T20:39:48.912315+00:002014-12-21T20:39:48.767969+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2014-12-21:/+announcement/13111Tom Van Braeckelhttps://launchpad.net/~tomvanbraeckel<p>This is a bugfixing release, with more than 30 bugs squashed.</p>
<p>One new feature has been added; you can now manually control the speed of the wireless connection.</p>
<p>Here&#x27;s the NEWS file:</p>
<p>1.7.3:<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- New feature: you can now manually control the speed of the wireless connection<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Lots (30+) of bugfixes (see launchpad or the CHANGES file for details)</p>1.7.2 released2012-04-11T22:15:42.703877+00:002012-04-11T22:15:42.645061+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2012-04-11:/+announcement/9888David Paleinohttps://launchpad.net/~dpaleino<p>WICD 1.7.2 has been released tonight.</p>
<p>This release was not really expected for now, but a security issue was found, and that pushed me to release what I had ready, instead of waiting for more bugfixes.</p>
<p>All the remaining fixes which were planned for 1.7.2 (and not already done) have been postponed to 1.7.3.</p>
<p>Here&#x27;s the NEWS file:</p>
<p>1.7.2:<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Major Changes:<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fix local privilege escalation when setting configuration properties<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;through the daemon&#x27;s DBus interface (CVE-2012-2095).<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Support passing no driver to wpa_supplicant.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Minor Changes:<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed installation instructions, with the new &gt;= 1.7.1 commands.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed typo preventing DHCP hostname from properly working.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Renamed wpa templates to clarify usage.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed wicd-cli crash when switching wired network profiles.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fallback to mode &#x27;Master&#x27; if &#x27;None&#x27; is detected when scanning wifi<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;networks.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed bug when trying to start wicd multiple times.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed wicd-curses crash when trying to select wired encryption type,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;thanks to Joe MacMahon.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed wicd-curses crash with UTF-8 encryption types.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed wicd-daemon crash when child_pid is undefined, thanks to<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David Cantrell.</p>1.7.1 released2012-02-02T19:20:09.056990+00:002012-02-02T19:20:08.956316+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2012-02-02:/+announcement/9570David Paleinohttps://launchpad.net/~dpaleino<p>WICD 1.7.1 has been released tonight!</p>
<p>Here&#x27;s the NEWS entry:</p>
<p>&nbsp;Changes for Packagers:<br />
&nbsp;- You will now want to use the --python option to setup.py configure to<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;make sure the right Python (python2.x) is used. With the Python 3<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;transition in progress, the lack of uniformity across distros made it<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;difficult to find a solution that works everywhere. As a result, the<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;python executable path can be set (for subprocesses launched by Wicd)<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with the --python option to setup.py configure, and patching of the<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shebang lines may be required if `which python` is not python2.x.<br />
&nbsp;- If you handle translations in your packaging process, setup.py now<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;needs &#x27;pybabel&#x27; and &#x27;xgettext&#x27; binaries. Please provide them during<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the build process.<br />
&nbsp;- setup.py now accepts three more parameters: --dbus-service=, --systemd=<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and --logrotate=. Please set them accordingly to the paths of your<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;distribution.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Major Changes:<br />
&nbsp;- (New) upstream author: David Paleino :)<br />
&nbsp;- The translations are now handled by Rosetta, in Launchpad.<br />
&nbsp;- Implemented support for wired connections needing authentication with<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;wpa_supplicant (thanks Joe MacMahon!)<br />
&nbsp;- Support &#x27;Never show networks&#x27; (thanks Robin Becker!)<br />
&nbsp;- Mask out sensitive information in the logfile (CVE-2012-0813)</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minor Changes:<br />
&nbsp;- Now uses gtkbuilder instead of libglade<br />
&nbsp;- Fixed bug in script macro expansion<br />
&nbsp;- Fixed typo in EAP-fast template<br />
&nbsp;- Applied 1 patch from Archlinux (thanks Rémy Oudompheng)<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed Python 2.7 support<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Works if Python3 is the default Python<br />
&nbsp;- Applied 14 patches from Debian (big thank you to everyone<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;who contributed):<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Includes translations in source tarball<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Improved documentation<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed resolv.conf permissions<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Ignore configparser errors<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Several others, please see CHANGES for more details<br />
&nbsp;- Proper localization of all the code has been put in place -- every part<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of the UIs and the daemon should be translated/<wbr />translatable now!<br />
&nbsp;- Fixed various bugs with &#x27;unicode in ESSID&#x27; handling<br />
&nbsp;- Implemented rfkill-support<br />
&nbsp;- Generalized libc linking using ctypes&#x27; find_library()<br />
&nbsp;- Fixed wireless connecting status message, now shows the correct ESSID<br />
&nbsp;- Support wifi-channels with more than 2 digits<br />
&nbsp;- Implemented in-GUI password hiding<br />
&nbsp;- Implemented -t/--tray to only run the wicd-gtk tray icon<br />
&nbsp;- Support alternative ifconfig output style</p>1.7.1 beta 3 released2011-12-06T21:42:28.948892+00:002011-12-06T21:42:28.812004+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2011-12-06:/+announcement/9324David Paleinohttps://launchpad.net/~dpaleino<p>This is the last beta before the planned release of 1.7.1, which will happen on 17-18 December. Please test it!</p>Call for translations2011-10-19T10:09:58.144146+00:002011-10-19T10:09:58.067668+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2011-10-19:/+announcement/9070David Paleinohttps://launchpad.net/~dpaleino<p>Hello,<br />
the release of 1.7.1 is near, but we need your help to translate WICD to as many languages as possible.</p>
<p>From this release, WICD will use Launchpad&#x27;s Rosetta: just head to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://translations.launchpad.net/wicd">https:/<wbr />/translations.<wbr />launchpad.<wbr />net/wicd</a> , pick up your language, and help us! :)</p>
<p>There isn&#x27;t a deadline just because some other bugs need fixing for 1.7.1 -- but hurry up! The more translations we get, the better.</p>
<p>David<br />
on behalf of the WICD Development Team</p>Wicd development (slowly) restarting2011-09-18T11:19:17.566180+00:002011-09-18T11:19:17.511630+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2011-09-18:/+announcement/8934David Paleinohttps://launchpad.net/~dpaleino<p>Hello everybody,<br />
I&#x27;m slowly starting merging patches and adding (small) features, to release WICD 1.7.1. I think I&#x27;ll continue this way for future releases, i.e. I won&#x27;t have much time to do the &quot;big rewrite a.k.a. WICD 2.0&quot; in the foreseeable future.</p>
<p>However, if you have problems with WICD, or patches to propose, just open a report on Launchpad: I&#x27;ll take a look and, time permitting, will try to push WICD development further.</p>
<p>David</p>Wicd development stalled2010-09-14T03:58:30.370447+00:002010-09-14T03:58:30.256924+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2010-09-14:/+announcement/6738Andrew Psaltishttps://launchpad.net/~nacl<p>Howdy folks.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we (the wicd developers) can no longer dedicate much time to improving and fixing bugs within wicd.</p>
<p>If you wish do improve wicd, please contact the developers in #wicd on irc.freenode.net, and we can see what we can do.</p>Wicd 1.7.0 Released2010-01-21T23:44:45.111769+00:002010-01-21T23:44:45.025660+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2010-01-21:/+announcement/4921Andrew Psaltishttps://launchpad.net/~nacl<p>Wicd 1.7.0 was released last week.</p>
<p>This release provides various feature and functionality improvements detailed here: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wicd/files/wicd-stable/wicd-1.7.0/NEWS/view">http://<wbr />sourceforge.<wbr />net/projects/<wbr />wicd/files/<wbr />wicd-stable/<wbr />wicd-1.<wbr />7.0/NEWS/<wbr />view</a></p>
<p>Please note also that the wicd development team will not fix any bugs in 1.7.0 unless we consider them sufficiently serious. This is done to allow us to maximize development on the next release, which will be a rewrite of wicd&#x27;s core that should make it easier to maintain and make adding new features simpler.</p>Wicd 1.6.2 Released2009-07-05T23:16:34.040696+00:002009-07-05T23:16:33.980886+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2009-07-05:/+announcement/3144Adam Blackburnhttps://launchpad.net/~adamblackburn<p>1.6.2 is a bug fix only release. The following bugs are fixed:</p>
<p>- Now deals better if the interface disappears while running<br />
- Will now start if the global script directories don&#x27;t exist<br />
- Adhoc window will now work correctly<br />
- PSK can be generated from non-ASCII characters<br />
- Fix a minor wicd-curses crash while connecting during a scan</p>Wicd 1.6.1 Released2009-06-21T04:39:13.362549+00:002009-06-21T04:39:13.223215+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2009-06-21:/+announcement/3012Adam Blackburnhttps://launchpad.net/~adamblackburn<p>Wicd 1.6.1 has been released. This version has bug fixes and has a couple of new features:</p>
<p>&nbsp;* Now works with the Broadcom STA drivers (and any other drivers that don&#x27;t report signal strength in iwconfig output)<br />
&nbsp;* Allow pre/post disconnect scripts</p>Wicd 1.6.0 Released2009-06-05T15:01:16.466512+00:002009-06-05T15:01:16.415077+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2009-06-05:/+announcement/2903Adam Blackburnhttps://launchpad.net/~adamblackburn<p>Wicd 1.6.0 has been released. This version has numerous improvements, the most important of which are:</p>
<p>&nbsp;* New command line (curses) client and an improved GUI<br />
&nbsp;* New options/settings for networks<br />
&nbsp;* Global script support<br />
&nbsp;* libnotify notification bubbles</p>Wicd 1.5.8 Released2009-01-04T07:13:56.644066+00:002009-01-04T07:13:56.573552+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2009-01-04:/+announcement/1734Adam Blackburnhttps://launchpad.net/~adamblackburn<p>We are proud to announce the release of Wicd 1.5.8. This release includes:<br />
&nbsp;* Improved pm-utils support<br />
&nbsp;* Improved UTF-8 support</p>Wicd 1.5.0 Released2008-08-02T15:24:19.503765+00:002008-08-02T15:27:01.646057+00:00tag:launchpad.net,2008-08-02:/+announcement/800Adam Blackburnhttps://launchpad.net/~adamblackburn<p>We are proud to announce the release of Wicd 1.5.0, which has many more features and bug fixes than 1.4.2. You can grab it at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://wicd.net/latest">http://<wbr />wicd.net/<wbr />latest</a></p>
<p>Some of the most noteworthy new features include:<br />
&nbsp;* New installer (setup.py) and complete FHS compliance<br />
&nbsp;* Added support for additional DHCP clients<br />
&nbsp;* Automatic reconnection on connection loss<br />
&nbsp;* Support for kdesu, gksudo, and ktsuss<br />
&nbsp;* Many, many bug fixes</p>